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Our 2018 annual meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 25th. Location: Casa Mia's restaurant 17417 York Road, Parkton MD 21120. We will start at 1:00 PM, so come hungry, Casa Mia's has a great menu. We hope to see all Baltimore MRA members and anyone interested in joining the club. Don't miss it.
We are having a RAFFLE with some fantastic prizes, so bring some cash to purchase tickets. All proceeds go to the club.

It's time to start planning for the 2018 tournament season.
We have two volunteers joining the board this year, Max Marchant and Matt Elliott. Both Max and Matt have been unanimously approved by the board.
It is great to add youth to our board. The youth of our club are the future of our club. Also, the board meets every year in order to vote on rule changes and discuss the direction of the club. If any of our members have thoughts on rule changes, please submit your proposed rule change (in writing), along with your thought as to why the rule will benefit the club. Send the rule to: mraadmin@metroreservoiranglers.com (or submit to the president of the club).
Your rule will be presented and voted upon at the next board meeting.

2018 is looking like it will be a great year for BMRA. We expect another growth in membership this year. Our community outreach, our rule adjustments, and our continuing efforts to reach out to interested anglers, (simply by engaging in conversation at the ramps), are paying dividends in recruitment of a good group of new anglers. All of our club members should be aware that each of us has the ability to bring good people into the club simply by letting people know more about us.
For any club member who is interested in joining our board, please contact a current member and make your interest known. We could use the assistance of an additional board member.
Any club member who wishes to submit an idea for rule modification, please submit the idea (in writing) to a board member. The ideas will be discussed in our annual board meeting, and voted upon.
Also: We will again be the "Host Club" for the Electric Bass Angling National Championship (EBANC) in 2018. Recruitment of additional participating clubs and sponsors begins this week.

We have received confirmation that Elco Motor Yachts (the founding Sponsor of the Electric Bass Angling National Championship) will again participate as a major sponsor of EBANC in 2018. Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers (Metro), will again be the host club for this national competition, and our President will again be the EBANC Tournament Director. The 2017 EBANC was a great start to what will certainly grow into an even larger event for electric bass anglers in 2018. Our goal is to attract more clubs and sponsors throughout the U.S. to take part in this event. EBANC celebrates the skills and achievements of the Electric Bass Angling community. Our club has several openings for new members in our annual tournament series. Everyone who competes in our club will automatically be included in the National Championship.
We look forward to a fantastic 2018 season!!!!

Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers' Icebreaker tournament held at Liberty Reservoir on 12/3/17 was a record breaker. Thirty seven anglers and 22 boats participated in our largest field in the history of this annual open event. Dale Davis (the Lunker Master) dominated the event with a monster, event record, 7.38 pound largemouth bass. This is Dale’s second tournament bass over seven pounds this season. Congratulations to Dale for his extraordinary catch, on a day that most anglers struggled to catch a bass over 2 pounds.
This ends our events for the season. Thanks to everyone who has helped to make 2017 a great tournament season. Our great appreciation goes to our sponsor Anglers Express, for their continued support. http://www.anglersexpress.com/

Our annual Icebreaker Tourney will be held at Liberty Reservoir on Sunday 12/3/17. Launch by 6:45. Tourney hours: 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. $25 per angler Entry fee. Largest bass wins all!
We look forward to seeing you all there.

The team of Chad and Leonard Wisner captured the 2017 Tournament of Champions victory after two tough days of fishing on Loch Raven Reservoir. Their two day total of 38.19 LBS (with two 8-fish limits) was a dominating performance. The team of Matt Elliott and Victor Rini made a charge on day 2 and captured second place with a total of 30.37 LBS. BMRA's top ten teams during the 2017 season all agreed that the fishing was especially hard in this event, with only the champions filling their limit on both days. Mike Atwood and Rob Bertazon won the 1st day largemouth lunker award with a 4.26 LB Largemouth. Craig Gordon and Holden Wolfe captured the Day 1 Smallmouth lunker with a 1.88 LB Smallie. Kevin Hollasch and Jon Miller won the Largemouth Lunker on day 2 with a 4.27 LB Largemouth.
Congratulations to Chad, Lenny, Matt, Vic, Mike, Rob, Craig, Holden, Kevin and Jon. Great job! Congratulations are truly deserved by all competitors. Just fishing in this event means that the team has been able to perform consistently well through the entire season.

Baltimore Metro Reservoir Anglers will be a 5-fish limit tournament club, beginning in 2018. The club vote was a split decision, but it was a decisive decision, in favor of reducing our tournament limit to 5 fish.
As president of the club, I want to be clear that the reason for the rule change is simple: The majority of teams voted in favor of the "industry standard" 5 fish limit. Each team has their own reasons for their vote.
58.82% voted for 5 fish limit and 41.17% voted for an 8 fish limit. This is not an overwhelming margin, but by any measure, a 17.65% margin is considered decisive.
We will remain a team format club. This reduction in limit does not open the door to individual members joining with the intent to fish alone. A basic tenet of our club is, and will remain, the 2-person team concept.
Thanks to all of those who voted. I appreciate the show of good-sportsmanship by those who did not get the outcome they wanted. The show of respect and club consensus was a great thing to see.

Congratulations to the team of Chad Wisner and Lenny Wisner for capturing the 2017 Angler of the Year title on the last day of our regular season. Their victory and Liberty Reservoir catapulted them into the lead and earned them our most prestigious honor. The Wisners weighed an impressive 105.15 Lbs total in our 6 regular season tournaments this season.
Fantastic work gentlemen!